Trolley-wire hanger.



No. 686,65l. Patented Nov. 12, I901. G. W. GURTEN.

TROLLEY WIRE HANGER.

(Application filed Mar. 21, 190l.)

(No Model.)

UNITED V STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE WILLIAM GURTEN, OF PIQUA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO AUGUSTUS, G. KERNS, OF PIQUA, OHIO.

TROLLEY -WIRE HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 686,651, dated November 12, 1901.

Application filed March 21, 1901. Serial No. 52,203. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE WILLIAM GUR- TEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Piqua, in the county of Miami and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trolley-Wire Hangers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

In supporting means for leads or conduct-- ing-wires in trolley systems it is desirable to present a practically continuous andsmooth tread for the trolley wheel or brush to run upon, or if the hanger is of such construction as to embrace the trolley-wire to present a minimum amount of projection consistent with strength and durability and to have the projecting portion of such construction as to enable the trolley-wheel to pass readily there over without any shock or tendency to fly off the Wire. It is also desirable to have the hanger adjustable, whereby it can be used in connection with different gages of trolleywires and firmly and securely hold the same. The foregoing advantages and others are attained by this invention, as will be apparent. Hence for afull description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting'the result reference is to be had to the following'description and drawings hereto attached. c

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are necessarily susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front view of a hanger constructed in accordance with and embodying the vital features of the invention. Fig. 2 is a View thereof from the rear. Fig. 3 is a front view of the support or body of the hanger, the plug, j oint-grip, and bolt being removed. Fig. 4 is a front view of the joint-grip detached, a part being broken away to show the teeth. Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section on the line X X of Fig. 2.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The hanger A is provided with a lip B, formed with or applied thereto in any manner and adapted to receive the lead or trolley wire 0. The hanger is formed with an opening which is screw-threaded, as at D, and is held from above by means of a plug E, of insulating material, and exteriorly threaded to match the screw-threads D. The jointgrip E cooperates with the hanger and is about of equal length therewith and is provided at its lower edge with teeth a, adapted to firmly grip the conducting-wire C. It has an upwardly-extending shank b, which fits within the screw-threaded opening of the hanger A, being smaller, however, in diameter than the internal diameter of said hanger, and by means of the screw-threaded insulatingplug E, which at its lower end is adapted to bear upon the shank b of the joint-grip, said joint-grip may be adjusted up and down to accommodate itself to varying sizes of trolley-wires after it has been, adjusted, the turning of the plug E serving to force the grip firmly down upon the wire and hold the latter in place and free from accidental displacement. This plug is provided with a suspending-head 2, grooved in its edge to receive the supporting and the binding wire (not shown) in the usual manner. This head also provides operating means for the plug when tightening and loosening the joint-grip.

In order to guide the joint-grip in a vertical position, it is provided with an opening a, registering with a vertical slot cl on the hanger A, and through this vertical slot and opening 0 passes a headed bolt 6, and by means of the slot and bolt the joint-grip may be perfectly centered and adjusted to proper position.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- A trolley-wire hanger, comprising a supporting framework upon which the conducting-wire is adapted to rest and having an upwardly-projecting interiorly-screw-threaded part, a joint-grip provided with a shank exfor guiding the joint-grip vertically, substantending upwardly into the internally-threadtially as described. :0 ed opening, an insulating plug having its In testimony whereof I afiix my signature lower end screwthreaded to engage the in presence of two Witnesses.

screw-threads 0n the hanger-support and GEORGE WILLIAM'GURTEN. [11. s.] adapted to rest in engagement with the joint- Witnesses:

grip, said joint-grip being provided on its EUGENE JOHNSON,

lower edge with gripping-teeth, and means KATE JOHNSON. 

